Anime Crusaders Tier List

This hub is the Update 6 style board for Anime Crusaders, covering the August 2026 Tournament meta. It ranks units by what they do on a real map: Hybrid coverage, Ground DPS, Hill DPS, and Support. If you only want names to summon, start here. If you want the reasoning, open best DPS, best support, beginner units, and best teams.

Ranks assume you will evolve the unit and land an acceptable trait. A base Rare with Crusader does not beat a neglected Secret. Tournament Mode and Traitless Mode each shift the rankings significantly.

Meta Hybrid

These units hit more than one targeting class or justify a premium tile.

• King (Mythic) — Light/Dark element, Crusader trait synergy (300% damage), ~0.1% drop rate, the new meta anchor
• Beyond Heaven (DIO line)
• Sun God vs Dragon (Luffy / Kaido collision unit)
• Vegeto
• Ayzen (Perfect)
• Coyote (Number One) (Starrk)
• Phoenix (Rebirth) (Marco)
• Gilgamesh (The Golden King)
• Twenty One (Android 21)

Anime Crusaders META Tier List (UPDATED)

Meta Ground

• Sun Woo (System) — still the sustained DPS standard for Infinite Mode and Tournament (Trait)
• Ichi (Masked Vizard)
• Sin (Seven Seas)
• Vejita (Ultimate Majin)
• Rookie (Rising Adventurer)
• Esdead
• Powaa (Blood Queen)
• Maki (Authority)
• Yorinchi (Flash)
• Geto — still strong on maps that punish Hill placement

Meta Hill

• Akuzo vs Renkuro — highest base DPS, particularly dominant in Traitless Mode
• Cell (ULTRA PERFECT)
• Freeran (Timeless Mage)
• Goko (Perfected Ultimate)
• Soi Fun (Death Sting)
• Ishtall
• Golden Spirit (Divine)

Meta Support

• Zero (True Emperor) — high DPS plus notable team buffs
• Ai (Idol) — the best economy farm unit, still irreplaceable in Infinite
• Speedcart — tournament staple for Crusader trait activation
• Hesia (Sacred Flame)
• Kurimi (Time Queen)
• Grey (Ice Mage)
• Seraph (Fallen)

Top Traits (August 2026)

Trait priority has shifted with Tournament Mode. Know which mode you are playing before spending Divine Tokens.

1. Crusader (0.1%) — 300% damage, 10% range, 10% cooldown reduction. 1 per game. King and Sun Woo form the core. Speedcart enables the trait efficiently in Tournament.
2. Eclipse (0.8%) — 22.5% damage, 25% boss damage. Strong in both Trait and Traitless modes.
3. Aurora (0.36%) — 10% damage, 20% true damage, 25% range. Best for Hill units with long cooldowns.
4. Hollow — strong on Shadow units, particularly Sun Woo.

How to use this list

Summon the role you lack, not the name a thumbnail shouted. A board with three Hybrid DPS and no farm unit loses Infinite. A board with two farm units and no Hill loses to flyers. Build with team slots and placement.

For Tournament Mode specifically, Crusader trait units jump significantly in value. For Traitless Mode, raw base stats matter more — Akuzo vs Renkuro dominates that ladder.

Older S-tier names you still see in winter articles — Brulo, Igrith, Shadow (Atomic) — can remain strong on the right map. They are no longer the only answer. Check changelog after a numbered update before you dump pity into a retired featured.

Beginners should ignore half of this hub and open beginner units. Secrets that drop from raids and portals are chase pieces, not week-one homework.

Pair every rank with a plan to farm Gems. A tier list you cannot afford is a poster.

How ranks move

A unit drops when a new collab does the same job cheaper or when a map pool punishes its tile class. A unit rises when an evo adds air or when a raid asks for its element. Tournament Mode introduces a separate competitive ladder where Crusader synergy determines viability more than raw rarity. We will not freeze this hub between patches. Check the date stamp on the article and the changelog.

If your favorite unit is missing, it may still be fine in a niche. Missing means “do not spend pity,” not “delete the card.”